2 v. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Letter by Pero Vaz de Caminha written in Porto Seguro (Bahia, Brazil) dated May 1, 1500 about the discovery of Brazil here published for the first time on p. 12-34, v. 1
Includes alvará allowing the author the exclusive right to print and trade the Corografia for 14 years
Portuguese coat of arms on title pages
Includes indexes at end on both volumes
Errata statements in both volumes
Vol. 1: [12], 402, [6], 403-420, [2] p.; v. 2: [4], 379, [5] p
Page 215 misnumbered 315, v. 2
Signatures: v. 1: * 2*² A-3G 3H² (*1, 2*2, P2 versos blank; 3E4 and 3H2 blank). V. 2: *² A-3B (*1, *2, 2Y3, 3B2, 3B4 versos blank)
Camargo & Moraes. Bib. da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro
Valle Cabral. Annaes da Imprensa Nacional do Rio de Janeiro
Rodrigues, J.C. Bib. brasiliense
Sabin
Silva, Innocencio da. Diccionario bib. portuguez
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf
byGreat Britain; John VI, King of Portugal, 1767-1826; Raguet, Condy. fmo RPJCB; Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III); Portugal. Sovereign (1816-1826 : John VI); Portugal. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1817 July 28
byBeauchamp, Alph. de, 1767-1832; Figueiredo, Pedro José de, 1762-1826; Leão, Desidério Marques; Silva, Pedro Cyriaco da, ca. 1796-1856; Cordeiro Pinheiro Furtado, Antonio Candido, 1775-1862